A WIFE was fined £200 yesterday after attacking her husband who refused to drive her to Llandudno.

Brazilian national Vivianne Rosini Marrone, 33, repeatedly kicked her husband and punched him between the legs.

When he was bent over in agony she kicked him again, to the legs, Flintshire Magistrates' Court at Mold was told yesterday.

He had to run to the local police station for help.

The two were later reconciled and he was acting as her interpreter in court yesterday.

She was also ordered to pay £55 costs. It was alleged this was the third time Marrone of Deva Avenue, Connah's Quay, had assaulted her husband, although it was the first time he had made a formal complaint.

Rhian Jackson, prosecuting, said the defendant and her 39-year-old husband, Deltan, had been married for about two years.

In his statement to police he said that he did not wish to make a formal complaint and did not want her arrested.

Defending solicitor Gary Harvey said the couple had become reconciled after the incident.

They saw their long-term future together, and were both working hard at a factory in order to buy their own home.

She was a qualified veterinary surgeon but her English was not good, and she was anxious to learn English so that she could work as a vet in the UK.